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padding-y-1"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-6"> <div class="boxes cao-boxes"><a href="/cao-home" aria-label="Internal link 0"><img alt="CAO Logo" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" src="/themes/custom/acquisition_gov/assets/img/cao_logo_1.png" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;height:80px;" /></a> <p>The <strong>Chief Acquisition Officers Council</strong> (the Council) is established pursuant to Section 16 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy聽Act, as amended,聽 <a href="http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title41/subtitle1&edition=prelim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" title="41 USC 403" aria-label="41 USC 403. Link 1">41 USC 403</a>, et seq.</p> <p>The Council consists of a diverse group of acquisition professionals in the Executive Branch established to provide a senior level聽forum for monitoring and improving the federal acquisition system.</p> </div> <div class="boxes cao-boxes"> <h3><a href="/far-council" title="Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council)" aria-label="Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council). Link 2">Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR Council)</a></h3> <p><strong>The Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council </strong>was established to assist in the direction and coordination of Government-wide procurement聽policy and Government-wide procurement regulatory activities in the Federal Government, in accordance with Title 41,聽Chapter 7, Section 421 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP) Act.</p> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-6"> <div class="boxes cao-boxes"> <h3><a href="/caac" title="Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC)" aria-label="Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC). Link 3">Civilian Agency Acquisition Council (CAAC)</a></h3> <p>The <strong>CAAC</strong> is authorized under the Federal Acquisition Regulation at 48 CFR 1.2. to assist the Administrator of General Services in developing and maintaining the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) System by developing or reviewing all proposed changes to the FAR.</p> </div> <div class="boxes cao-boxes"><a href="/isdc-home" aria-label="Internal link 4"><img alt="ISDC Logo" data-entity-type="" data-entity-uuid="" src="/themes/custom/acquisition_gov/assets/img/new-design/isdc.png" style="height:80px;display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></a> <p><strong>lnteragency Suspension and Debarment Committee (ISDC). </strong> Section 4 of Executive Order 12549 on Debarment and Suspension directed the establishment of the lnteragency Suspension and聽Debarment Committee (ISDC) to monitor implementation of the Order.</p> </div> </div> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-md-6"> <div class="boxes cao-boxes"> <h3>Other Policy Resources</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/defense-acquisition-regulations-system" title="Defense Acquisition Regulations System Council" aria-label="Defense Acquisition Regulations System Council. Link 5">Defense Acquisition Regulations System Council</a> (DARC)</li> <li><a href="https://cfo.gov/" title="Chief Financial Officers Council" aria-label="Chief Financial Officers Council. Link 6">Chief Financial Officers Council</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chcoc.gov/" title="Chief Human Capital Officers Council" aria-label="Chief Human Capital Officers Council. Link 7">Chief Human Capital Officers Council</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.cio.gov/" title="Chief Information Officers Council" aria-label="Chief Information Officers Council. 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